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Could someone please explain to me if % armor penetration stacks? For example, if I have a black cleaver and a last whisper, and the black cleaver hits max stacks, would my auto attacks and abilities penetrate 73% of the targets armor assuming I also have the 8% mastery as well?

Could someone please explain to me if % armor penetration stacks? For example, if I have a black cleaver and a last whisper, and the black cleaver hits max stacks, would my auto attacks and abilities penetrate 73% of the targets armor assuming I also have the 8% mastery as well?

they stack multiplicative not additionally

so you would multiply the 2 percentages together to get the actual percentage of reduction.

but in your case, you are mistaking armor penetration and armor reduction, the're 2 different things. reduction is applied before penetration. so you do the reduction part first then whatever you have left is what you do penetration

All the information in the Learning Center is up-to-date. Read through it first if you have any questions! (http://www.leagueoflegends.com/learn/gameplay)

Q: How does dodge work?

A: The best way to show how dodge works is an example, let's say you have 10% dodge in your runes.

10% dodge.

You grab Ninja Tabi, which gives 11% dodge.

11% dodge +
(89 * .1) = 8.9% dodge

For a total of 19.9% dodge. (Note that the 89 comes from the percent remaining from the previous dodge percentages have been calculated.)

You then get Phantom Dancer, which gives 20% dodge.

20% dodge +
(80 * .11) = 8.8% dodge +
(71.2 * .1) = 7.12% dodge

For a total of 35.92% dodge.

Could someone please update this. Was just looking through and it has some great information. This shows complacency at a company when you still have on a pinned post dodge when dodge is not even part of the game anymore. I am a huge supporter of LOL, but is hard to tell a friend to play a game that is awesome when we cannot even keep up with our own posts.

Links leading to "The basic guide for runes" and "good list of various phrases and terms" do not work :/
If somebody could please fix the links or link me towards the correct links that would be very much appreciated